Here we go again. Donald Trump heads to the border to spread lies, stoke fear and spew racism. He’ll be flanked by Republican electeds eager to kiss the ring in hopes of winning future primaries. In addition, he’ll be accompanied by former White House and former acting DHS officials who are infamous for their government… Continue »
Over the past week, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19), has been on a press tour to promote his new House resolution with a dangerous and absurd narrative about a migrant “invasion” at the southern border. Rep. Arrington, who represents an expansive, deeply red district in the northern part of Texas, claimed, “the federal government has failed… Continue »
Trump took a wrecking ball to our broken immigration system; Biden has begun the formidable job of unwinding the cruelty and building anew The Biden administration is making progress – reunifying families ripped apart by the Trump administration, better managing the arrival of unaccompanied minors at the border, and unwinding the border wall project.… Continue »
Although Republicans supported President Trump’s cruel, ineffective immigration policies for years, they are currently attempting to politicize President Biden’s attempts to humanely manage the border and end Trump’s harsh and ineffective policies. Yet their efforts to portray any increase in border crossings as an indictment of the Biden administration ignores the fact that there is… Continue »
Kids are fleeing for their lives. Democrats are proposing intelligent solutions to complex challenges. The Republicans are playing politics. A powerful NBC News story, “‘My dream is to meet my dad’: They crossed the border alone to reunite with parents,” interviews kids who just arrived in America: “‘Have you been scared?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because I… Continue »
Cut through the noise. Break through the fog of GOP talking points. Disregard the Sunday show hype. The choice before America’s policy makers is this: Should America welcome kids fleeing violence, or send them back to the violence they fled? Former Trump administration officials and GOP policymakers argue that we should return to Trump policies… Continue »
Read the new America’s Voice report, The Return of Trump: The Racist Sequel America’s Voice is releasing a new report ahead of Donald Trump’s immigration-focused speech at CPAC on Sunday. It underscores that the reliance on nativism and xenophobia by Donald Trump and Stephen Miller is a political loser for Republicans. The report is… Continue »
This Sunday, Donald Trump will deliver a speech at CPAC that reportedly will focus heavily on immigration. This begs a few questions: Didn’t we just emerge from multiple election cycles in which Trump and the GOP ran hard on Democrats’ supposed radicalism on immigration? Didn’t Trump attack Biden on “amnesty” and being “soft-on-immigration” throughout the… Continue »
February 11, 2021
Living among traitors to our own democracy will never be comfortable
The new images of the attack on the Capitol make one realize, for better or for worse, that it was a concerted action. Outlined to the smallest detail by legislators who, like millions of Americans right now, want to see justice exacted on the ex-president Donald Trump for the damage he has done to his… Continue »
February 11, 2021
Nunca será cómodo vivir entre traidores a su propia democracia
Las nuevas imágenes del ataque al Capitolio dan cuenta, ni más ni menos, que de una acción concertada. Explicadas hasta el más mínimo detalle por parte de los legisladores que, como millones de estadounidenses en este momento, desean que la justicia se haga cargo del expresidente Donald Trump por el daño que le ha hecho… Continue »
